2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20Pours dark and headless with amber shallows. The aroma harbors raspberry marshmallows, graham crackers and vanilla. The flavor is rather dry with vanilla highlights and a subtle smokiness. I keep searching deeper for substance, but continue to come up empty. A kind of hollow empty void pervades this beer as though it were longing for the earthy yeast of it’s breathern. Overall, seems more like a failed attempt at something bigger rather than what it, at last, is.
3.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Aged beer for 7 months and it rounded out nicely, removing the sharp notes I previously experienced
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Very nice beer. Dark appearance with roasted nuttiness, some dark fruit, chocolate, and earthy aftertaste.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Smell of dark roasted malt, fruit, spiciness. Great roasted malt character, with fruits and nice lingering spiciness. Light carbonation, smooth. Great complexity that is phenomenal. This is excellent.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Deep mahogany with a thin, tan head that dissipates almost immediately. Caramel, toffee, malt and a hint if grain on the aromas. Similar flavors with added tartness and maybe smoked meat (that's throwing me a bit). Silky body.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Slight roasted coffee, nuts, banana, clove, and musty earthiness in the aroma after a pour. It does not retain its head very long, and seems a bit thin for the style. Taste is unique, but rather muted for the aroma. I’ve been grabbing a bottle or two of this each year, but have never been enticed enough to buy a six pack.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
very happy to be drinking this, very smooth chocolate and malt upfront releasing an perfect amount of coffee and bread, farmhouse on the nose big time love that smell and as easy drinking as any of bells wonderful brews ive tasted so many litlle backround hints of fruits butterscotch and many more. Thank you Bell’s
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nose clove, dark chocolate, fruity esters. Taste roasty, smoke, camp fire and somewhat clean. Fine ale to have on a cool wild night..
4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours black. Nose is light coffee and taste is sweet malt at first and is overtaken by roasted coffee an tart cherry. Awesome beer, Bells does it again!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Very nice, sweet coffee cake aroma. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, the saying goes. Scorned in favor of beer? Is this a tribute to the rage of scorned women? Jet black pour. A pleasantly sweet brew, similar to some porters, with coffee and herb flavors. Another fine brew from Bell’s.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark brown with a thick brown head. Aroma is roast malt. Flavor of smugly bittersweet caramel with slight notes of toffee. Finishes clean with a sweet but not cloying aftertaste.
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